Short:        Shows infos about a device and mediums.
Author:       A. Pankalla
Uploader:     achim pankalla kabelmail de
Type:         util/misc
Version:      17.22
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.0
Distribution: Aminet
Kurz:         Infos ueber Geraete und Medien.

Discover your devices and media. see many information about your
device oder media for example harddisc, cd-r or audio-cd.
Take a look on audio-cds with cd-text, ISRC and so on.
Get details about the manufactorer of your cd-r or dvd-rw.
helps to analyze your amiga-devices. 
Shows many information about the USB devices.

ATTENTION:
please read the manual before using DevInfos!

A big "thank you" to: 
- some guys from the support forum "OS4Welt.de" for there ideas.
- "mason" for the fine artwork of the usb-picture.
- a. iliakis for the greek translations
- u. ahlin for the swedish translations and bug reports
- m. zamora for the spanish translations.
- Elwood for the french catalog and many suggestions.

History:
17.22
Bug/changes:
- Corrects two error, which will maybe call the grim.
- Add the new filesystem NGFileSytem

17.21
Bug/Changes:
- DevInfos now recognize SMART-Status and let it in the state where it found it. (thanks to zzd10h)

17.20
New:
- supports exFAT Filesystem
- supports Kickstart Filesystem
- automatic rescan the devicelist if a change is notified (feature request from Elwood)
- french catalog. (thanks to Elwood)
- if you choose a usb-host, the first device is now shown directly. (feature request from Christian)
- now supports floppy's i hope.
- the size of a device with less then 1gb is shown in mb.
- Tooltype Speedtest to switch off the test-tab.
- Tooltype Device. if it is set, this is the only device which is shown.
Bugcorrections:
- Readme now shows the correct filename for Speedtest. (thanks to Elwood)
- Devicelist now only refreshed, when it is needed.
- Some correction in filesystems names.
- Correct some wrong catalog texts. (thanks to Elwood)
- Correct some bugs by generating the version string.
- Now Devinfos resets his GUI, when removing or installing a new device.
- Remove a bug, which is maybe generating reaction problems.
Changes:
- Change some API-Calls to the new SDK functionnames.

17.12
- now also shows ntfs correctly

17.11
- Corrects a bug in Speedtest which comes with 17.10

17.10
- DevInfos Manual now also in swedish.
- the device-chooser shows now also the volume-name
- code optimation on getting the drive-data
- correction of some filesystem-names
- now also the full name  and the version information of filesystem are shown
- drive information now avail for optival-drives (CDx:)

17.00
- A manual directory with a little manual in differend languages.
- new usb.ids file 
- translation via catalog-system (nice idea from joeled, so i remember correctly)
- Fuelgauge in the Speedtest-Tab to see the progress of the test
- it is now possible to choose "all block sizes" in Speedtest. (nice idea from ZeroG, StangInator)
- Show all Speedtest results also in the GUI via Chooser-Gadget in results-section (idea from ZeroG)
- all exports are now in csv-format, unless you can configure the export.
- all temp files in T: will be deleted after leaving DevInfos
- all export-files now create in ram: and not in T:
- clean intern structures
- shows a little symbolpicture for the usb-devicetypes (configurable) (nice idea from HelmutH, graphics created from mason).
- smash a bug which appears when choosing the prt:, ser: or aux: device
- some new layouts in the tab to make it work fine with translations.
- smash a bug in the usb-code, now shows the correct protocol of the devices.
- New ToolType Protocol, which controls the new protocol option.
- Writes a protocol-file with all displayed informations, when Tooltype is "On". (nice idea from StangInator)
- SpeedDev RAD: for max. Speedtest. (Modified RAD: with 300MB)

16.20
- implementing a simple speedtest for r/w devices. (nice idea from joeled)
- Correction of a minor error in S.M.A.R.T. data.  (hint from joeled)
- extended some information about ata/atapi versions.
- Correct a bug in DiscGeometrie Tab

16.11
- new routine for the extraction of idetool-data from idetool output.
- some minor updates for Device Data informations.

16.10
- Uses c:idetool to show transfermodes of a device.
- dynamic control of the window height is reimplemented.
- new about-tab
- minor bug correction in s.m.a.r.t. tab. 

16.05 
- Compacts the Gui from Devinfos.

16.04 
- corrects some problems with the gui and brings some minor new infos.

16.03
- some test-function are removed from the code
- about text changes to "Needs smartctl in c:".
- Some additional values in S.M.A.R.T Tab. ("replaced sectors" and  "Spinup Time")